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India 6th most polluted country; UP's Loni world's most polluted city, Delhi 4th: ReportIndia ranks as the sixth most polluted country globally due to fine particulate matter, with Loni identified as the world's most polluted c...- ET Graphics: Why Delhi–NCR remains India’s worst air pollution hotspotDelhi–NCR remains India’s most severe air pollution hotspot, despite years of policy action and court-led interventions, according to an ex...
- Guwahati faces severe winter pollution, study finds transboundary impactGuwahati experiences the highest levels of PM2.5 pollution in winter, peaking at 113.05 µg/m³, nearly three times the NAAQS limit. Transbou...
- Performance-based grant of Rs 19,612 cr allocated to 131 cities for clean air action plansA performance-based grant of Rs 19,612 crore has been allocated to 131 cities for air quality improvement from 2019-20 to 2025-26. So far, ...
- Begusarai of Bihar most polluted metropolitan city globally in 2023Begusarai, a city in Bihar, has emerged as the most polluted metropolitan area globally in 2023. Moreover, India is the unfortunate host to...
- Rare 'triple-dip' La Nina behind unusual air quality trend in India in 2022-23, says study"The winter of 2022-23 coincided with the last phase of an unusual triple-dip La Nina event, the first in the 21st century. This phenomenon...
- New York gets New Delhied: Air pollution is not restricted by geographical boundariesIndia's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), launched in 2019, aims to reduce particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) by 20-30% from 2017 leve...
- Need to strengthen air quality monitoring network in NCR: Centre's air quality panelThere are 50 air quality monitoring stations (both manual and real-time) in Delhi, 11 in Gurugram, 8 in Ghaziabad, 12 in Gautam Buddh Nagar...
- Getting tough on plastic wasteIndia has been proactive domestically through multiple policy levers like the ban of 12 single-use plastic items, and robust extended produ...
- NGT directs SPCBs to follow CPCB guidelines to check pollution caused due to gold testingThe tribunal's direction came while disposing of a plea filed by James Jose, Managing Director, CGR Hallmarkers Pvt. Ltd, seeking regulator...
- Lahore again tops list of world's most polluted citiesAccording to the index, Lahore reported a particulate matter (PM) rating of 423. Pakistan's financial capital Karachi ranked at 7 on the AQ...
- Govt puts complete ban on import of solid plastic waste
- NGT orders UP govt to submit 25 crore for failure to curb pollution in AgraSolid waste is being burnt in open on the roads at Agra cantonment railway station, heaps of uncleared garbage lying unattended and chocked...
- Fund crunch stalls CPCB's plan to install pollution monitoring 'towers'The CPCB has drafted a proposal to mount five LIDAR equipment across the region which will essentially act as pollution monitoring towers.
- Cellular operators need permission for using generator: NGTThe tribunal granted four weeks to them to file applications for consent to operate and asked the pollution board to deal them expeditiousl...
- Countries to brainstorm on saving humanity from hazardous chemicals in Geneva next week
- Volkswagen cars may cause 1,200 premature deaths in Europe: StudyIn September 2015, Volkswagen admitted to having installed "defeat devices" in 11 million diesel cars sold worldwide between 2008 and 2015,...
- Delhi a wakeup call for world on air pollution: UNICEFThe agency said almost a million children under-5 die from pneumonia per year - and about half of those cases are directly linked with air ...
- Government bans manufacture, import of toxic pollutant PCBsThe Ministry has notified the 'Regulation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Order, 2016' which also bans import of equipment containing PCBs.
- 21 new species discovered in BhutanIn a boost to Bhutan's rich biodiversity, 21 new species of amphibians, insects, flowering and non-flowering plants have been discovered in...
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